Avellis syndrome

Avellis syndrome: a syndrome in which a brainstem lesion limits vagal innervation unilaterally, resulting in ipsilateral paralysis of the vocal cord and soft palate and loss of sensitivity to pain and temperature in the contralateral leg, trunk, arm, and neck, and in the skin over the scalp; called also Avellis paralysis.

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Avellis syndrome (paralysis) — Av·el·lis syndrome (paralysis) (ah velґis) [Georg Avellis, German laryngologist, 1864â€“1916] see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Avellis — Georg, German laryngologist, 1864–1916. See A. syndrome … Medical dictionary
Avellis paralysis — see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
List of eponymous diseases — An eponymous disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples… … Wikipedia
laryngeal paralysis — paralysis of one of the laryngeal muscles, usually because of a lesion of the vagus nerve or the recurrent laryngeal nerve; seen in disorders such as Avellis syndrome, Jackson syndrome, and Vernet syndrome. Called also laryngoparalysis and… … Medical dictionary
Hirnstammsyndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 G46.3 Hirnstammsyndrom … Deutsch Wikipedia

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